Hood latch



L. MASSUGER ET AL HOOD LATCH Filed Dec. 24. 1921' Sept. 25, 1923.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

narrastair as teasers LOUIS MASSUGER AND LEON MARQUE, or Bacon LESnnnynnn sjsancn.

HOOD LATCH.

Application filed December 24, 1921. Serial No. 524,642;

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LOUIS MASSUGER and LfioN MAR UE', citizens of theFrench :Re-

public, residing at Becon Les Bruyeres, De-

such'as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains tomake and'use the same.

The present invention relatestoa latch or fastener for hoods of anytype, or covers in general; it s obj ect'consists essentially in theprovision of a very simple stron clasp or latch which, by virtue of anadjusting device which it includes will not deteriorate through use.This clasp or latch enables the hoods 01: covers to be rapidly lookedupon their seatings with a very strong pressure, which may be variedaccording to requirements. This advantage is especially ap-; preciablein the case of hoods for motor cars and like power driven vehicles,which hoods are often subject to chattering by reason of insufficientretentive pressure. Furthermore".

this improved apparatus is inherently adapted for use as a liftinghandle thus avoiding the necessity for applying to hoods or covers amember separately adapted for this purpose.

as will hereinafter be described. The small stirrup is fixed to thevehicle body, either by screws or by other convenient means, in such amanner that it lies within the interior of the hood or cover 1.

The member attached to the movable part of the hood 1 consists of atubular casing 5 having an oblique base suitably attached to said hoodpart. The upper portion 5 of this member is bored and tapped to acertain The accompanying Figures 1 and 2 show,

depth, the screw threadbeing left handed ior example; the'lowerporti'onof the part r5is bored to a diameter smaller than the bore of the upperpartand it is traversed bytherod or hook 4, whichalso'tra'versesasuitable aperture & cut in-thehood. Theshankof 'the hook4*is furnished with a i'igl'it-hand screw thread 6 overa certain portionof its length. hollow cylindrical member or sleeve7, attached at oneofits ends,"to an operating hand wheel 18, is'screw threaded inter-lorlyand exteriorlyin suchwiseas toj allow it to be screwed, on the one'part,ont'o the screw threaded shank'G'of the hooka'fid, v 7 on theother'part, into'the'p'ortion 5. The '70 thread of'this member 7 is,therefore, righthanded for the inner tapping and left handed for theexternal screw threaded portion.

The operation of the closing device is very simple; the screw threadedportion of the ilOOkl-SQIVGS to regulate exactly the position of thishook in relation to the rod 3 of the stirrup and, when thehood isclosed, in order to lock it, it sufiices simply to turn the hand wheel 8in the desired direction. In order to openit, the hand wheel 8 is turnedslightly in the opposite direction. Owing to the structural arrangementemployed, only a relatively very slight release of the hook 4: is"required to permit of opening or closing of the hook. A small screwthreaded and milled cap 9 closes the upper part 5 of the part 5. It isworthy of remark that, in the case of hoods, the device is alsoinherentlyco adapted for use as a lifting handle for raising the hood.It will be seen that the exact regulation or adjustment of the positionof the hook is 'efi'ected by screwing up or unscrewing this latter inthe hollow member which *moves solid with the controlling hand wheel.For locking purposes it is suflicientto actuatethe hand wheel.

It will be apparent to any technician that any modifications indetailmay be applied ditions the very precise adjustment, obtained i by thescrew threading of the upper partof the hook, could even be dispensedwith, as

the adjustment could be effected simply by means of the hand wheel 8,the hook 4: being disposed in suchwise as to be able to slide withoutturning in the member 5, whilstthe part 7 could turn round the shank orstem of the hook Whilst carrying it along at the same time. I

Claims- 1. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising atubular casing obliquely secured to a movable part of the hood, a hookmember longitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing andextending through the adjacent hood part, a fixed element adapted to beengaged by said hook member, and a sleeve connected With the hookmemberand having a threaded engagement With the tubular casing so that therotation of said sleeve Will move the hook member longitudinally in thetubular casing.

2. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casingobliquely secured to a movable part of the hood, a hook memberlongitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing and extendingthrough the adjacent hood part, a fixed element adapted to be engaged bysaid hook member, and a sleeve having a threaded engagement with thehook member and also having a threaded engagement with the tubularcasing so that the rotation of said sleeve will move the hook memberlongitudinally in the tubular casing.

3. A latch'for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubular casingsecured to a movable part of the hood, a hook member longitudinallymovable in the bore of the tubular casing, a fixed element adapted to beengaged by the hook member, and a sleeve threaded in the tubular casingand threaded on the shank of the hook member so that rotation of thesleeve Will. move the hook member longitudinally in the tubular casing.

4:. A latch for automobile hoods and the like comprising a tubularcasing secured to a movable part of the'hood, a hook memberlongitudinally movable in the bore of the tubular casing, a fixedelement adapted to be- LEON MARQUE.

